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17O God, thou hast taught{H8765)} me from my youth: and hitherto have I declared{H8686)} thy wondrous works{H8737)}.
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For thou art my hope, O Lord GOD: thou art my trust from my youth.
BETH. Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word.
I have not departed from thy judgments: for thou hast taught me.
Behold, I have taught you statutes and judgments, even as the LORD my God commanded me, that ye should do so in the land whither ye go to possess it.
Come and hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what he hath done for my soul.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 14-24)David is here in a holy transport of joy and praise, arising from his faith and hope in God; we have both together Ps. 71:14; where there is a sudden and remarkable change of his voice; his fears are all silenced, his hopes raised, and his prayers turned into thanksgivings. “Let my enemies say what they will, to drive me to despair, I will hope continually , hope in all conditions, in the most clo…
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